Black Elk Peak Lookout

Black Elk Peak Lookout is a tower in Unorganized Territory of Mount Rushmore, Pennington, South Dakota. Black Elk Peak Lookout is situated nearby to the park Upper Pine Creek Natural Area, as well as near the peak Little Devil’s Tower.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Black Elk Peak.

Black Elk Peak

Peak

Photo: BHrock, Public domain.

Black Elk Peak, formerly known as Harney Peak, is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the Midwestern United States. It lies in the Black Elk Wilderness area, in southern Pennington County, in the Black Hills.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Hill City.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Photo: ArthurTilton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a United States national memorial in the Black Hills of west South Dakota. This national icon features the monumental faces of four former Presidents – George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln – blasted and carved from the white rock of a mountain.

Hill City

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Hill City, in the Black Hills of western South Dakota, is known as the "Heart of the Hills", as it is close to the geographical center of the Black Hills.

Keystone

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Keystone is a tiny town in the Black Hills of South Dakota, at the entrance to the popular Mount Rushmore National Memorial. It offers a full range of accommodations, but at the price of a "tourist trap" veneer.

Black Elk Peak Lookout

Type: Tower
Location: Unorganized Territory of Mount Rushmore, Pennington, South Dakota, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.86597° or 43° 51′ 58″ north

Longitude

-103.53101° or 103° 31′ 52″ west

Open location code

85MRVF89+9H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2329909513

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Upper Pine Creek Natural Area and Custer State Trail Challenge: Devil’s Little Tower.

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